Kel Coslett

Kel Coslett
Rugby league career
Full name	Thomas Kelvin Coslett
Date of birth	14 Jan, 1942
Place of birth	Bynea, Wales
Height	6'0"
Weight	94kg
Position	Fullback, Centre, Prop, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock
Professional clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1962—1976 1976—1979	St. Helens Rochdale Hornets	531	3,413 132 3545
National teams
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1963—1975	Wales	13	(19)
Teams coached
1976—79 1979—80 1980—82	Rochdale Hornets Wigan St. Helens
Rugby league career
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1961—1962	Aberavon RFC Llanelli RFC
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1962	Wales	3	(3)

Kelvin "Kel" Coslett (born 14 Jan 1942)^[1]^[2] is a Welsh former rugby footballer and coach. He was a national representative player for Wales in both rugby league and rugby union, a dual-code international.^[3]

1 Rugby union
2 Rugby league
3 Career Records
4 References
5 External links

Rugby union

He was fullback in rugby union and made his international debut for Wales in the 1962 Five Nations Championship match against England. He also appeared that year in the Tests against Scotland and France before shifting to the professional code in 1962 with St. Helens.

Rugby league

Coslett had 15 seasons at St Helens up till 1976. He was a brilliant goalkicker landing 1,639 career goals and scoring 45 tries for the club. He started as a tough-tackling, raw-boned youngster. A broken ankle later in his career cost his blistering pace, but he remained ever a dangerous player with the ball in hand.

Coslett ended up a utility player, playing in every position from full-back to loose-forward for St Helens. After the 1972 Challenge Cup final he was awarded the Lance Todd Trophy for his man-of-the-match performance.

Coslett captained the champion St Helens team as they travelled to Sydney for the unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge match against their champions, Eastern Suburbs Roosters.

Coslett went on to coach Wigan and Rochdale Hornets and remains involved at the St Helens club 44 years after first signing.

Career Records

Kel Coslett is one of less than ten Welshmen to have scored more than 2000-points in their rugby league career.^[4]

References

^ Kel Coslett rugby union profile Scrum.com
^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 2010-12-31. http://www2.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=182047204&d=bmd_1300745953. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
^ Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North - Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-3-6

External links

St Helens RLFC squad – 1976 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Geoff Pimblett 2 Les Jones 3 Eddie Cunningham 4 Derek Noonan 5 Roy Mathias 6 William "Billy" Benyon 7 Jeff Heaton 8 John Mantle 9 Tony Karalius 10 Kel Coslett 11 Eric Chisnall 12 George Nicholls 13 David Hull 14 Peter Glynn 15 Mel James Coach: Eric Ashton

St Helens RLFC squad – 1972 Challenge Cup Final winners

1 Geoff Pimblett 2 Les Jones 3 Billy Benyon 4 Johnny Walsh 5 Frank Wilson 6 Ken Kelly 7 Jeff Heaton 8 Graham Rees 9 Les Greenall 10 John Stephens 11 John Mantle 12 Eric Chisnall 13 Kel Coslett 14 Alan Whittle 15 Kelvin Earl

Lance Todd Trophy winners

1946 Billy Stott • 1947 Willie Davies • 1948 Frank Whitcombe • 1949 Ernest Ward • 1950 Gerry Helme • 1951 Cecil Mountford • 1952 Billy Ivison • 1953 Peter Ramsden • 1954 Gerry Helme • 1955 John "Jack" Grundy • 1956 Alan Prescott • 1957 Jeff Stevenson • 1958 Rees Thomas • 1959 Brian McTigue • 1960 Tommy Harris • 1961 Dick Huddart • 1962 Neil Fox • 1963 Harold Poynton • 1964 Frank Collier • 1965 Ray Ashby & Brian Gabbitas • 1966 Len Killeen • 1967 Carl Dooler • 1968 Don Fox • 1969 Mal Reilly • 1970 Bill Kirkbride • 1971 Alex Murphy • 1972 Kel Coslett • 1973 Steve Nash • 1974 Derek Whitehead • 1975 Ray Dutton • 1976 Geoff Pimblett • 1977 Steve Pitchford • 1978 George Nicholls • 1979 David Topliss • 1980 Brian Lockwood • 1981 Mick Burke • 1982 Eddie Cunningham • 1983 David Hobbs • 1984 Joe Lydon • 1985 Brett Kenny • 1986 Bob Beardmore • 1987 Graham Eadie • 1988 Andy Gregory • 1989 Ellery Hanley • 1990 Andy Gregory • 1991 Denis Betts • 1992 Martin Offiah • 1993 Dean Bell • 1994 Martin Offiah • 1995 Jason Robinson • 1996 Robbie Paul • 1997 Tommy Martyn • 1998 Mark Aston • 1999 Leroy Rivett • 2000 Henry Paul • 2001 Sean Long • 2002 Kris Radlinski • 2003 Gary Connolly • 2004 Sean Long • 2005 Kevin Sinfield • 2006 Sean Long • 2007 Paul Wellens & Leon Pryce • 2008 Paul Wellens • 2009 Michael Monaghan • 2010 Lee Briers • 2011 Jeff Lima

Wales squad - 1975 Rugby League World Cup

(7/8) Peter Banner • (4/8) John Bevan • (3/8) Brian Butler • (6/8) Kelvin "Kel" Coslett • (4/8) Edward "Eddie" Cunningham • (4/8) Colin Dixon • (2/8) Richard "Dick" Evans • (6/8) Anthony "Tony" Fisher • (8/8) Bill Francis • (2/8) Stuart Gallacher • (3/8) Brian Gregory • (1/8) Mel James • (2/8) Clive Jones • (8/8) John Mantle • (7/8) Roy Mathias • (5/8) 'Big' Jim Mills • (3/8) Michael "Mick" Murphy • (0/8) Michael "Mike" Nicholas • (1/8) Maurice Richards • (3/8) Peter Rowe • (4/8) Clive Sullivan • (4/8) David Treasure • (4/8) Glyn Turner • (1/8) Richard Wallace • (3/8) Robert "Bobby" Wanbon • (8/8) David Watkins (c) • (6/8) David Willicombe • (7/8) Frank Wilson
Coaches: R. Simpson Coach Leslie "Les" Pearce

(5/8), e.g. The Number of Games Played in the 1975 World Cup.

Wigan Warriors coaches

Jim Sullivan (1932–1952; 1961) • Maurice Hughes (1952–1953) • Ted Ward (1953–1956) • Joe Egan (1956–1961) • Johnny Lawrenson (1961) • Griff Jenkins (1961–1963) • Eric Ashton (1963–1973) • Graham Starkey (1973–1974) • Edward "Ted" Toohey (1974–1975) • Joe Coan (1975–1976) • Vince Karalius (1976–1979) • Kel Coslett (1979–1980) • George Fairbairn (1980–1981) • Maurice Bamford (1981–1982) • Alex Murphy (1982–1984) • Colin Clarke/Alan McInnes (1984–1986) • Graham Lowe (1986–1989) • John Monie (1989–1993; 1997–1999) • John Dorahy (1993–1994) • Graeme West (1994–1997) • Eric Hughes (1997) • Andy Goodway (1999) • Frank Endacott (1999–2001) • Stuart Raper (2001–2003) • Mike Gregory (2003–2004) • Denis Betts (2004–2005) • Ian Millward (2005–2006) • Brian Noble (2006–2009) • Michael Maguire (2009–2011) • Shaun Wane (2012–)

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Name	Coslett, Kel
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Date of birth	1942
Place of birth	Bynea, Wales
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